CBCI 7.0 Certification Course

This is the latest CBCI 7.0 edition!

The CBCI Certification Course is the Business Continuity Institute's (BCI) number one course that teaches you the fundamentals to implement a Business Continuity Management (BCM) programme into your organization and provides you with a solid base for a career in business continuity and resilience. The course is for anyone that has business continuity responsibilities within their organization and/or anyone looking to develop a career in the industry.

On completion of this course, participants will gain practical insight and best practices of how a business continuity plan (BCP) is developed, with learning opportunities to use your own organisation as a case study throughout the course. On passing the CBCI Exam, participants are eligible to become a BCI member (membership free for first year). As a CBCI level BCI member, participants will receive the “CBCI” post nominal and electronic credential to showcase their knowledge, expertise and commitment to professional development.

Establishing a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
This stage helps you establish a business continuity policy and defines how the policy should be implemented as part of the BCMS.

• The activities needed to establish and maintain a BCMS
• Why and how to define the scope of a BCMS
• How to develop an effective business continuity policy and governance

This section will show you how to best integrate business continuity awareness and practice into your day-to-day business operations and organization’s culture using a collaborative approach among business departments and staff, as well as different disciplines.

• The difference between "embracing" and "embedding" busines continuity
• How to understand an organization’s culture and business continuity culture.
• How to improve an organization’s business continuity culture through different approaches.
• How to measure an organization’s business continuity culture.
• The benefits and outcomes of embracing business continuity management and the importance of ongoing monitoring and maintenance activities.

This stage will help you review and assess the organization to identify objectives, how it functions, and constraints of its operating environment.

• Understanding the Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• The product & service BIA
• The process BIA
• The activity BIA
• Risk & threat assessment

In this stage you will learn how to identify and select appropriate solutions to achieve continuity in the event of an incident.

• The purpose of business continuity solutions design and how recovery strategies and solutions are developed
• The strategies and solutions that can be used for different resources and RTO categories, and how unacceptable risks and single points of failure are mitigated

Learn how to implement the plans you created in the design stage. In the implementation stage, you will also understand how to develop a response structure – as well as priorities, procedures, responsibilities, and resources - for dealing with incidents.

• How to implement a solution, and establish a response structure
• The factors affecting communications when responding to incidents and the relevant procedures to be applied
• How business continuity plans are developed and managed as well as the purpose and characteristics of strategic, tactical, and operational business continuity plans

At this stage you need to check that the plans you have produced are accurate and fit for purpose for your organization and that the plans are current and tested.

• Developing exercises and an exercise programme
• Plan maintenance